%0 Journal Article %A Wayne, Lawrence G. %T Proposal to Reject the Specific Epithet marianum in the Name Mycobacterium marianum Penso 1953 and to Conserve the Specific Epithet scrofulaceum in the Name Mycobacterium scrofulaceum Prissick and Masson 1956. Request for an Opinion %D 1975 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 25 %N 2 %P 230-231 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-25-2-230 %I Microbiology Society, %X Reasons have been published for considering Mycobacterium marianum Penso 1953 and M. scrofulaceum Prissick and Masson 1956 to be subjective synonyms. Although the name M. marianum was validly published before M. scrofulaceum, it is proposed that M. marianum be rejected as a nomen perplexum because of its orthographic similarity to M. marinum Aronson 1926. Instances of confusion due to the similarity of the names are documented. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-25-2-230